Lawsuit seeks to block expanded import of Canadian cattle (Billings Gazette) PIERRE, S.D. - Cattlemen and other groups worried about the risk of mad cow disease have asked a federal judge to stop the U.S. Agriculture Department from relaxing rules that have prevented Canadian cattle from being imported into the United States. [News Source]

Cattlemen Sue to Block Relaxation of Law (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Cattlemen and other groups worried about the risk of mad cow disease have asked a federal judge to stop the U.S. Agriculture Department from relaxing rules on Canadian cattle imports into the United States. [News Source]

Botswana: A Great International Conspiracy? (AllAfrica.com) A great international conspiracy? James Fergusson (2007) [News Source]

Rockland A.M. report (The Journal News) - Ramapo police arrested two people on marijuana and open-container laws Saturday night. [News Source]

Premise registration continues on plan (Iowa Farmer) Editor’s note: On Nov.. 22, the Bush administration pledged not to make a planned National Animal Identification System mandatory. However, that has not derailed movement toward a voluntary tracking system. [News Source]

TOP U.S. FARM NEGOTIATOR URGES SOUTH KOREA TO IMPORT MORE BEEF (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) Trade / foreign investment   The top U.S. agricultural negotiator urged South Korea to open its market to "all types of American beef" under a May ruling by the World Organization for Animal Health that states the U.S. can export the meat irrespective of mad cow disease, South Korean officials said Saturday. [News Source]

Top U.S. Farm Negotiator Urges South Korea To Import More Beef (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) The top U.S. agricultural negotiator urged South Korea to open its market to "all types of American beef" under a May ruling by the World Organization for Animal Health that states the U.S. can export the meat irrespective of mad cow disease, South Korean officials said Saturday. [News Source]

TAIWAN FESTIVAL CELEBRATES LIFTING BAN ON CANADIAN BEEF IMPORTS (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) Trade / foreign investment   A Canadian beef festival has opened in Taipei to officially celebrate the lifting of an import ban of more than four years on Canadian beef out of concern over mad cow disease. [News Source]

Taiwan Festival Celebrates Lifting Ban On Canadian Beef Imports (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) A Canadian beef festival has opened in Taipei to officially celebrate the lifting of an import ban of more than four years on Canadian beef out of concern over mad cow disease. [News Source]

Scientists discover new causes for neurodegeneration (News-Medical-Net) Diseases that cause neurons to break-down, such as Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (Mad Cow Disease), continue to be elusive to scientists and resistant to treatments. [News Source]